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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 309, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

July 21, 2008Anderson County, South Carolina

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT for Anderson County, South Carolina. It was in force for 65 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2008, 7:10 PM EDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Anderson County, SC

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The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 3:55 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:14 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:23 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
623 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BANNER ELK              36.16N 81.87W
07/21/2008                   AVERY              NC   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            BANNER ELK FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A COUPLE TREES DOWN
            WHEN THE STORM CAME THROUGH. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

OUTLAW

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:25 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
625 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

NCZ057-212330-
ROWAN-
625 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT ROWAN COUNTY THROUGH 730 PM
EDT...

AT 625 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEVELAND...OR 7 MILES WEST
OF SALISBURY...MOVING SOUTH AT 17 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CHINA GROVE BY 650 PM EDT.
  LANDIS BY 655 PM EDT.
  6 MILES EAST OF ENOCHVILLE BY 700 PM EDT.

PEA SIZE HAIL...AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

HG

Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC
629 PM EDT MON JUL 21 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0532 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CULLOWHEE               35.31N 83.18W
07/21/2008                   JACKSON            NC   COUNTY OFFICIAL

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE TOWN

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VDICARLO

Local storm report, Jul 21, 6:49 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 2:38 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	GSP	Gaston, Mecklenburg, Union	24 hr
Jul 21, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Madison	63 min
Jul 21, 5:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Avery, Mitchell, Yancey	37 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Polk, Rutherford	55 min
Jul 21, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Rowan	61 min
Jul 21, 6:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Graham, Swain	46 min
Jul 21, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Transylvania	65 min
Jul 21, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cabarrus, Mecklenburg	40 min
Jul 21, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cleveland, Rutherford	53 min
Jul 21, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee, Pickens	38 min
Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	53 min
Jul 21, 5:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenwood	35 min
Jul 21, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	40 min
Jul 21, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	64 min
Jul 21, 6:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Anderson	51 min
Jul 21, 6:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Oconee	62 min
Jul 21, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	64 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Abbeville, Greenwood	24 min
Jul 21, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Pickens	53 min
Jul 21, 7:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Laurens	58 min
Jul 21, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Cherokee, York	45 min
Jul 21, 7:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Greenville, Spartanburg	29 min
Jul 21, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	GSP	Elbert	44 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.